New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
New Year's sake; spiced sake
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
(woman's) undersash; rolled omelette mixed with fish (paste) (omelet)
on the way back; returning
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order
phone duty; being on call
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
particularly; only; in the case of
chasing after women; womanizing
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
fifth year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
getting an advance (on one's salary)
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
Minister of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
hard worker; hardworking person
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
with bright almond eyes; eyes wide open; nonchalantly